Light improves health by more than just Vitamin D

Using Light (Sunlight, Blue Light & Red Light) to Optimize Health

Andrew Huberman YouTube 160 minutes

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• 00:00:00 Using Light to Improve Health

• 00:04:31 The Brain-Body Contract

• 00:05:17 AG1 (Athletic Greens), Thesis, LMNT

• 00:09:56 Physics of Light, Electromagnetic Energy

• 00:12:23 Wavelengths of Light

• 00:15:38 How Light Penetrates Tissues

• 00:20:13 Light & the Body: Direct & Indirect Signals

• 00:28:35 Light, Seasonality & Melatonin

• 00:33:40 Melatonin: Regulatory & Protective Effects

• 00:38:49 Tools: Optimizing Melatonin Levels

• 00:44:49 Sun (UVB light) Exposure, Mating Behavior, Testosterone & Estrogen

• 00:58:09 Seasonality, Romantic Passion & Testosterone

• 01:02:13 Tool: Skin Sun Exposure & Testosterone

• 01:06:13 Light & Improved Pain Tolerance

• 01:11:55 Protocol: Sun Exposure & Chronic Pain

• 01:12:48 Tools: Sunlight (UVB), Blue-Light Blockers, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

• 01:19:44 Light & Enhanced Immune Function

• 01:23:30 Tool: Light During Winter Months

• 01:26:18 Light Therapies: Local vs. Systemic Exposure

• 01:28:54 Tool: Improving Mood, Timing of Natural & Artificial Light

• 01:32:44 Light Conditions & Sleep Optimization

• 01:39:00 Infrared Light, Skin & Wound Healing

• 01:46:00 Infrared Light Therapy & Skin, Low-Level Laser (Light) Therapy (LLLT)

• 01:49:20 Infrared Light & Age-Related Vision Loss

• 01:59:36 Tools: Infrared Panels, Morning Exposure

• 02:05:22 Infrared Light at Night, Shift Work

• 02:08:35 Light Flicker Phototherapy & Neuroprotection

• 02:19:07 Phototherapies for Health

• 02:20:50 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify Reviews, Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Patreon, Thorne, Instagram, Twitter, Neural Network Newsletter, Brain-Body Contract

Articles referenced

• Skin exposure to UVB light induces a skin-brain-gonad axis and sexual behavior (Cell Reports)

• Skin Exposure to Ultraviolet B Rapidly Activates Systemic Neuroendocrine and Immunosuppressive Response (Photochemistry and Photobiology)

• A visual circuit related to the periaqueductal gray area for the antinociceptive effects of bright light treatment (Neuron)

• Light exposure during sleep impairs cardiometabolic function (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

• Light-emitting diodes in dermatology: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (Lasers in Surgery and Medicine)

• Low-level laser (light) therapy (LLLT) in skin: stimulating, healing, restoring (Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery)

• Weeklong improved colour contrasts sensitivity after single 670 nm exposures associated with enhanced mitochondrial function (Scientific Reports)

• Red light: A novel, non-pharmacological intervention to promote alertness in shift workers (Journal of Safety Research)

• Gamma Entrainment Binds Higher-Order Brain Regions and Offers Neuroprotection (Neuron)

His Newsletters before May 2022

• Using Light for Health

• Foundational Fitness Protocol

• Tools to Manage Dopamine and Improve Motivation & Drive

• Stretching Protocols to Increase Flexibility and Support General Health

• Deliberate Heat Exposure Protocols for Health & Performance

• The Science & Use of Cold Exposure for Health & Performance

• 6 Key Tools to Improve Your Gut Microbiome Health

• 5 Science-Based Steps to Improve Your Workspace

• Build or Break Habits Using Science-Based Tools

• 5 Steps to Enhance Quality of Connection With Yourself & Others During the Holidays & New Year

• Teach & Learn Better with a “Neuroplasticity Super Protocol”

• Toolkit for Sleep

Some of his Videos to April 2023

See related in VitaminDWiki:

• Health benefit of Sunlight is more than Vitamin D in the blood - many studies

• Nitric oxide (from sun, Mg, Vit D, etc) reduces some health problems - many studies.